Beauty Quote by William Gay

“Flies struggled from her mouth, only to ignite into brilliant golden sparks. Hundreds of them, thousands of them burst from her into their individual…

— Anonymous

“Above, the stars were unwinking, also constant. Suns and worlds by the million. Dizzying constellations, cold fire in every primary hue. As he watched,…

— Stephen King

“There is suffering in the light; in excess it burns. Flame is hostile to the wing. To burn and yet to fly, that is…

— Victor Hugo

“The rockets came like locusts, swarming and settling in blooms of rosy smoke. And from the rockets ran men with hammers in their hands…

— Ray Bradbury

“At the water's edge, barrels of pitch blazed like huge bonfires. Their reflection, crimson as the rising moon, crept to meet us in long,…

— Anton Chekhov

“But before I could get hold of my thoughts, another loud explosion tore through the air, crackling like a beast, our screams becoming lost…

— Carlyle Labuschagne

“The autumn stars had come out, incredible in number and brilliance, twinkling and almost blinking because of the dust stirred up by the earthquake…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Still more horrible was the color of the flames that licked the latticed cabin vents before shooting skyward, as though - might I say?…

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

“But the ship swept on, and the dusk hushed the hum of the day, and the first stars above blinked answers to the early…

— H.P. Lovecraft

“A dozen great fires raged under the city walls, where casks of burning pitch had exploded, but the wildfire reduced them to no more…

— George R.R. Martin

“An airplane crossed the sky, and she imagined its interior-people packed in rows like eggs in a carton, the chemical smell of the toilets,…

— Maggie Shipstead

“That evening we sat around the campfire. The clouds that had gathered overhead all day broke up and the moonlight shimmered on the Cocus…

— Yossi Ghinsberg